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AI from the Island: Volume 1, Chapter 20 · On an island where a machine has become a companion, we ask again where people belong

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  1. The columnist described his experience in Yangdo-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, meeting a woman in her eighties who lives alone and uses an AI speaker as her companion.
  2. As of December 2025, 28,402 (40.7%) of Ganghwa-gun's 69,698 residents were aged 65 or older, nearly double the national aging rate of 21.2%.
  3. The columnist argued that machines must not become an excuse for people to visit less, and that writing should focus on how people can visit more often.

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AI from the Island: Volume 1, Chapter 20 · On an island where a machine has become a companion, we ask again where people belong

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [섬에서 온 인공지능] 제1권 · 제20장 · 기계가 말동무가 된 섬에서 사람의 자리를 다시 묻습니다

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